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I would highly encourage any promising researcher to work on literally anything else in AI, rather than CV.
New paper hot off the press www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance
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We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance
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Computer-vision research powers surveillance technology - Nature
An analysis of research papers and citing patents indicates the extensive ties between computer-vision research and surveillance.
www.nature.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I would highly encourage any promising researcher to work on literally anything else in AI, rather than CV.
We’re all laughing now, but vast sums of money are being poured into attempting to align grok to Elon’s worldview.
This highlights the danger with the whole ai alignment thing. Who controls the machinery at the end?
This highlights the danger with the whole ai alignment thing. Who controls the machinery at the end?
Musk is mad at his robot progeny again and has now taken to scolding it over something it wrote in response to Catturd.
“Shame on you, @Grok”
“Shame on you, @Grok”
June 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
We’re all laughing now, but vast sums of money are being poured into attempting to align grok to Elon’s worldview.
This highlights the danger with the whole ai alignment thing. Who controls the machinery at the end?
This highlights the danger with the whole ai alignment thing. Who controls the machinery at the end?
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The old joke was Facebook knew what you did with friends, and Google knew what you did alone. New research reveals that Meta and Yandex have discovered a method to de-anonymize Android users and associate their browsing histories with persistent IDs. #privacyinvasion arstechnica.com/security/202...
Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers
Abuse allows Meta and Yandex to attach persistent identifiers to detailed browsing histories.
arstechnica.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The old joke was Facebook knew what you did with friends, and Google knew what you did alone. New research reveals that Meta and Yandex have discovered a method to de-anonymize Android users and associate their browsing histories with persistent IDs. #privacyinvasion arstechnica.com/security/202...
Well, after critiquing a fear-mongering antiAI article earlier today I now understand why 95% of AI discussions happen on X.
June 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Well, after critiquing a fear-mongering antiAI article earlier today I now understand why 95% of AI discussions happen on X.
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(I would appreciate it if you shared this because it feels weird to write something like this and then have no one read it)
I've been wanting to tell my widowhood story publicly for years, but I know I don't have the kind of grief story people want to hear.
No community rallied, no family healed, no strength discovered.
I wrote about the gap between grief narratives and reality.
www.dataandpolitics.net/why-i-find-i...
No community rallied, no family healed, no strength discovered.
I wrote about the gap between grief narratives and reality.
www.dataandpolitics.net/why-i-find-i...
Why I Find It Hard to Write About Being a Widow
Why is it so hard to write about being a widow? My story has no redemptive arc. No community rallied, no family came together, no strength was discovered. Just sudden loss and ongoing adaptation witho...
www.dataandpolitics.net
June 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
(I would appreciate it if you shared this because it feels weird to write something like this and then have no one read it)
It’s really hard to explain this problem properly. It’s a big problem.
The act of taking data for free and storing it in a private database is just really bad for society.
The participants didn’t get compensated and the data can’t be used generally for research etc.
The act of taking data for free and storing it in a private database is just really bad for society.
The participants didn’t get compensated and the data can’t be used generally for research etc.
Even worse:
... ConverseNow records these interactions in real-time, analyzing customer data to refine its AI and upsell features for future calls... it also uses customer interactions to enhance its own AI capabilities.
... ConverseNow records these interactions in real-time, analyzing customer data to refine its AI and upsell features for future calls... it also uses customer interactions to enhance its own AI capabilities.
May 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It’s really hard to explain this problem properly. It’s a big problem.
The act of taking data for free and storing it in a private database is just really bad for society.
The participants didn’t get compensated and the data can’t be used generally for research etc.
The act of taking data for free and storing it in a private database is just really bad for society.
The participants didn’t get compensated and the data can’t be used generally for research etc.
Covid. Yes, yes it was. It was a disaster used to rapidly reverse the postwar social contract and transfer wealth from poor to rich.
May 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Covid. Yes, yes it was. It was a disaster used to rapidly reverse the postwar social contract and transfer wealth from poor to rich.
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Turns out that Microsoft can turn off your access to M365 if the US gov't says so¹, even if you happen to be the International Criminal Court, nothing too important.
Repeat, ad nauseam: "the Cloud is someone else's computer".
www.linkedin.com/posts/arrigo...
Repeat, ad nauseam: "the Cloud is someone else's computer".
www.linkedin.com/posts/arrigo...
May 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Turns out that Microsoft can turn off your access to M365 if the US gov't says so¹, even if you happen to be the International Criminal Court, nothing too important.
Repeat, ad nauseam: "the Cloud is someone else's computer".
www.linkedin.com/posts/arrigo...
Repeat, ad nauseam: "the Cloud is someone else's computer".
www.linkedin.com/posts/arrigo...
For decades now universities justified themselves as being “worth it” because of future employment value.
AI services will help students in future jobs to meet deadlines, etc.
Don’t be surprised they are finding the most efficient path when learning for the sake of it is long dead.
AI services will help students in future jobs to meet deadlines, etc.
Don’t be surprised they are finding the most efficient path when learning for the sake of it is long dead.
May 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
For decades now universities justified themselves as being “worth it” because of future employment value.
AI services will help students in future jobs to meet deadlines, etc.
Don’t be surprised they are finding the most efficient path when learning for the sake of it is long dead.
AI services will help students in future jobs to meet deadlines, etc.
Don’t be surprised they are finding the most efficient path when learning for the sake of it is long dead.
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Whatever impostor syndrome you may have once had, dispose of it fucking immediately. If these people run the country, you deserve that promotion, you can run for city council, you can start that business. If this is the baseline, shit, you can do surgery drunk in an alley and you will do less harm.
The entire administration is going to be staffed by Fox News hosts
May 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Whatever impostor syndrome you may have once had, dispose of it fucking immediately. If these people run the country, you deserve that promotion, you can run for city council, you can start that business. If this is the baseline, shit, you can do surgery drunk in an alley and you will do less harm.
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the entire message of Christianity is that God Himself died in an act of suicidal empathy with his wayward, undeserving creations and that you yourself have a personal obligation to emulate this. american protestantism is literally satanic
May 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the entire message of Christianity is that God Himself died in an act of suicidal empathy with his wayward, undeserving creations and that you yourself have a personal obligation to emulate this. american protestantism is literally satanic
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Warren Buffett sells stocks for tenth quarter in a row
https://www.ft.com/content/abf10a12-4bdc-4f58-aed1-9a445cae166b
https://www.ft.com/content/abf10a12-4bdc-4f58-aed1-9a445cae166b
Warren Buffett sells stocks for tenth quarter in a row
Veteran investor to speak on state of markets for first time since Donald Trump launched a trade war
www.ft.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Warren Buffett sells stocks for tenth quarter in a row
https://www.ft.com/content/abf10a12-4bdc-4f58-aed1-9a445cae166b
https://www.ft.com/content/abf10a12-4bdc-4f58-aed1-9a445cae166b
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📢Curious why your LLM behaves strangely after long SFT or DPO?
We offer a fresh perspective—consider doing a "force analysis" on your model’s behavior.
Check out our #ICLR2025 Oral paper:
Learning Dynamics of LLM Finetuning!
(0/12)
We offer a fresh perspective—consider doing a "force analysis" on your model’s behavior.
Check out our #ICLR2025 Oral paper:
Learning Dynamics of LLM Finetuning!
(0/12)
April 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
📢Curious why your LLM behaves strangely after long SFT or DPO?
We offer a fresh perspective—consider doing a "force analysis" on your model’s behavior.
Check out our #ICLR2025 Oral paper:
Learning Dynamics of LLM Finetuning!
(0/12)
We offer a fresh perspective—consider doing a "force analysis" on your model’s behavior.
Check out our #ICLR2025 Oral paper:
Learning Dynamics of LLM Finetuning!
(0/12)
Wow what a story.
Prabhakar Raghavan is a painful example of what happens when you allow the tech industry to be run by managers and management consultants who don't use the things that make them rich. He's responsible for killing search, and I want you to know his name.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-...
April 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Wow what a story.
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Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall
April 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall
Big if true. Implies biological life might be quite common.
Really bad for us due to Fermi paradox. Very strongly implies that technological life wipes itself out.
Really bad for us due to Fermi paradox. Very strongly implies that technological life wipes itself out.
Astronomers using a space telescope have found signs of biological activity on K2-18b, a distant water-covered planet that is 8.6 times bigger than Earth. www.ft.com/content/0142...
April 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Big if true. Implies biological life might be quite common.
Really bad for us due to Fermi paradox. Very strongly implies that technological life wipes itself out.
Really bad for us due to Fermi paradox. Very strongly implies that technological life wipes itself out.
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I don't remember the last time I was this emotionally invested
April 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I don't remember the last time I was this emotionally invested
Bingo
The tech billionaires hate their own employees and hate that their wealth is dependent on them, that’s also what the AI thing is about
April 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Bingo
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On Friday, April 11, traders placed large, aggressive bets that Apple’s stock would jump within days.
They bought contracts that would only be profitable if the stock moved up fast.
Hours later, the White House quietly announced a major policy shift. data-and-politics.ghost.io/173-returns-...
They bought contracts that would only be profitable if the stock moved up fast.
Hours later, the White House quietly announced a major policy shift. data-and-politics.ghost.io/173-returns-...
173% Returns on Insider Information: White House Insiders Made Billions Yesterday on AAPL Shares
On the afternoon of April 11, 2025, traders began placing large, targeted call option bets on Apple — almost all of them expiring within days.
The positioning was tight: strikes between $195 and $200...
data-and-politics.ghost.io
April 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
On Friday, April 11, traders placed large, aggressive bets that Apple’s stock would jump within days.
They bought contracts that would only be profitable if the stock moved up fast.
Hours later, the White House quietly announced a major policy shift. data-and-politics.ghost.io/173-returns-...
They bought contracts that would only be profitable if the stock moved up fast.
Hours later, the White House quietly announced a major policy shift. data-and-politics.ghost.io/173-returns-...
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man i'd hate to be this guy
April 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
man i'd hate to be this guy
Dear useless employees, why are you not using the magic genie for everything? I expect a full report when I return from golf.
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The CEO of Shopify just published an internal memo about AI usage. Two notable
1. AI usage questions will be added to the performance and peer review process.
2. Requests for more headcount or resources must include justification for why AI can’t do it instead.
1. AI usage questions will be added to the performance and peer review process.
2. Requests for more headcount or resources must include justification for why AI can’t do it instead.
April 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Dear useless employees, why are you not using the magic genie for everything? I expect a full report when I return from golf.
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Only the EU can see possibly replacing the role the USA had in trade as a bad thing. Might even mean the Euro becomes a global reserve currency.
From the sounds of it they are thinking of mirroring Trumps tariffs on Asia to prevent the influx though.
Massive mistake imo but oh well.
From the sounds of it they are thinking of mirroring Trumps tariffs on Asia to prevent the influx though.
Massive mistake imo but oh well.
Analysts said Asian economies badly hit by the US levies would try to divert their exports, with one expert calling it 'Europe's worst economic nightmare'. www.ft.com/content/0ab0...
April 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Only the EU can see possibly replacing the role the USA had in trade as a bad thing. Might even mean the Euro becomes a global reserve currency.
From the sounds of it they are thinking of mirroring Trumps tariffs on Asia to prevent the influx though.
Massive mistake imo but oh well.
From the sounds of it they are thinking of mirroring Trumps tariffs on Asia to prevent the influx though.
Massive mistake imo but oh well.